Although Xuzhou is not as prosperous as Beijing, because of the convenient water and land transportation, especially the canal transportation, the merchants and boatmen who come and go from the south to the north have to stop here, so even at night, it is still brightly lit here.

Taibai Lou was still full of people, and when Di Jiang came in with two companions, a guy immediately stepped forward to greet him: "Isn't this Di Ye, finally come to the shop again when you are free?" ”

"Don't be wordy, have a private room, and then come in and listen to the orders!" Di Jiang snorted.

The little two smiled, not only not angry, but happy.

People like them are used to inquiring about news, so Di Jiang has asked this guy to help him several times, and every time he pays him benefits, the two are familiar with each other, so Xiao Er knows as soon as he hears it, and he has dozens of dollars in his account.

It's just a matter of a few words, and it can be exchanged for a reward of dozens of dollars, such a good thing, what is it to be reprimanded for two sentences!

After a while, Di Jiang sat in the private room.

"Some time ago, a group of people lived in the old inn of the Zeng family on the edge of Taibai Building, do you know what the identity of this group of people is?"

He asked bluntly and didn't go around in circles with this little two. Xiao Er heard this question, and smiled: "The villain happens to know!" ”

This is a reward, Di Jiang didn't say a word, and took out a lot of money.

Xiao Er quickly put the money into his sleeve, and then said in a low voice: "That group of people have been eating and drinking in various restaurants in Xuzhou for the past two days, but they are stingy when they make a move. ”

"Haizhou? Maritime? Di Jiang felt that his head was a little bigger.

Haizhou is in the east of Xuzhou, it is a small port, the Great Song Dynasty stationed here there are sailors, but the number is not many. Compared with Mingzhou and Quanzhou ports in the south, it can only be said to be inconspicuous, but through the Huaisi River, it can be connected with Xuzhou water transport.

In this era, the so-called maritime merchants often worked part-time as smugglers, pirates, fishermen, and many other professions, and they begged for a living in the storms, which was extremely difficult to deal with.

Di Jiang knew a little about Zhou Quan's plan, and one of the important reasons why the Zhou family father and son left Beijing and chose Xuzhou was that it was close to Haizhou, Dengzhou and Laizhou.

"The sea is the future, the sea is the direction, the sea is the wealth, the sea is the power!"

Di Jiang still remembers that Zhou Quan was so impassioned when he mentioned this plan, which was not at all like what he usually did.

He didn't quite understand why Zhou Quan valued the sea so much, but since Zhou Quan attached so much importance to Haizhou, this group of people from Haizhou needed to pay more attention.

"Is there anything else, just this bit of news, it's not worth a lot of money." Di Jiang tapped the table with his fingers.

The little second smiled and lowered his voice: "Naturally, the villain has been instructed by Master Di to pay attention to these characters who seem to be high-rollers, but the news of the villain is also inquired, Di Ye rewards the villain, and the villain also has to thank others for money......"

Another Mo money appeared on the table, and Xiao Er reached out to take it, but was held down by Di Jiang.

"Say it." Di Jiang stared at Xiao Erdao.

"There was a relative of mine in the old inn of the Zeng family, and when he got up the night before, he saw that there were people on duty with knives, and it was two people...... He was curious, and listened quietly, and the two said that it was a person surnamed Lu who summoned them to Xuzhou, saying that they were here to celebrate the birthday of the young master, and what kind of 'catch the weekly meeting' was to be held. ”

"Catch the weekly meeting?" Di Jiang felt his hairs stand up all of a sudden.

Zhou Fu and Zhou Quan are surnamed Zhou, and "catching Zhou" is only to celebrate the first birthday of the child when he hears it in other people's ears, but for Zhou Fu and Zhou Quan, it is a taboo.

"Who's the surname Lu?" Di Jiang asked quietly.

"They call it Lu Long, but sometimes they also call Lu Feilong, which should be a nickname."

Di Jiang pondered for a moment, he didn't know a person surnamed Lu with the nickname Feilong. At the beginning of the battle with Jia Yi, he was not found by Zhou Fu at that time, so he did not participate, so for a while, he didn't expect this person to go up.

"Haoqiang, a local surnamed Lu in Xuzhou, have you ever heard of it?" Di Jiang asked again.

This time, Xiao Er shook his head, there are also some strong people in Xuzhou, but there is no one surnamed Lu.

"It seems that it is not a local person in Xuzhou, but also, if it is a local person in Xuzhou, these two Cao Cao and his gang should live in that Haoqiang Village, instead of staying in the inn." Di Jiang thought to himself.

"Okay, you can take the reward, keep your mouth tight." He let go of his hand, and Xiao Er quickly hid the money in his sleeve, and answered a few times.

"Give me three or four dishes at random, and then a pot ......of wine," Di Jiang said.

One of his companions next to him smiled and said, "Brother, didn't Da Lang say that you don't have to drink alcohol when you come out to do things?" ”

"Da Lang is not here, don't drink much, so as not to get drunk and make mistakes." Di Jiang said disapprerovingly.

After all, he has been in the market for a few years, although he intends to follow the Zhou family father and son to fight for wealth, but some bad habits are difficult to change.

The companion just said casually, the two of them are also greedy for wine, and after a while, there will be wine and food up, the three of you persuade me to pour, a pot of wine in the blink of an eye, and when the intention is still unfinished, he asked for another pot.

With three pots of wine in the stomach, Di Jiang and the two companions were a little drunk, and the two companions wanted to drink again, but this time Di Jiang himself held them down.

"I can't drink it anymore, I have to drink it again, and I'll drink it next time I go back to Diqiu...... We still have business to do. ”

"What's the matter, now that the news has been inquired clearly, I will go back and report it."

Because of the wine, Di Jiang was a little smoky, and when he heard his companion say this, he smiled: "If it's just like that, just send someone here, why does Da Lang have to ask me to come...... See my means. ”

When he was drinking, he was constantly thinking about how to do things beautifully. Following the father and son of the Zhou family to leave Beijing and come to Xuzhou, Di Jiang had his own abacus in his heart. If he can't get meritorious service like Di Qing, who is in the same sect, then he has to think of becoming a rich man. There are more than 100 dumps, three or two Zhuangzi, and then marrying three or five wives and concubines, so that life is not in vain.

He knew that Zhou Quan had a way to make money, so he thought about doing things beautifully, so he pleaded with Zhou Fu to let Zhou Quan give him a way to make money, and then he could go to be a rich man in peace. As for other things, I'll talk about that later.

Zhou Fu didn't know about this change in mentality, and Zhou Quan didn't notice it.

It's no wonder that after staying in the Jingshi place for a long time, how can Di Jiang maintain the sharpness of the year for a long time, and go to Liao with Zhou Quan as an envoy, it can be said that he has a lot of energy, but after that, the puffed up has been discharged.

"This is the last time, this time it has been, plus the credit of the previous trip to Liaoguo, I can rest at home with peace of mind, drink and gamble every day, and tease my wife and children." Di Jiang thought to himself.

"What is Brother Di going to do?" A companion asked.

"We don't have any manpower here, but we are too guarded, and we may startle the snake when we go out by ourselves, but the dispatch of the bachelor master has nothing to do with us." Di Jiang laughed sinisterly.

The two companions were stunned, still a little incomprehensible.

"Come with me, the head of Xuzhou Mansion, I have met a few times, let's go to find him together."

The leader of Xuzhou Mansion is named Mu Qi, although he is only a mere official, he has stayed in the rich land of Xuzhou for nearly 20 years, and he has also earned a good fortune for himself. At this time, at night, he returned to the house to rest, and was laughing with the concubine in the fourth room, but there was a cry outside.

"What?" Mu Qi asked in a deep voice.

"It's Di Qiu who came to say that there are already some clues about Hu Hu's death, please help us get someone."

Mu Qi heard what people said, and his spirits suddenly perked up.

Hu Hu was killed by thunder, in the eyes of a person like him, who was born in an old class, there are suspicious points everywhere, that is, a nerd like Xu Churen, he can't understand what is behind this, and he has to go to Zhou Quan to investigate the case.

At the beginning, Mu Qi felt that this was what Bachelor Xu couldn't believe them do, but now it is an opportunity, not only can he vent his evil anger, but also impress Bachelor Xu.

"Who's coming?" Mu Qi asked again.

"It's the one who has been here twice and is surnamed Di."

"Di Jiang." Mu Qi thought of this person and felt a little troublesome.

He had dealt with Di Jiang a few times, and knew that this person was not easy to deal with, and this person was born as a scout in the army, so he had some means.

"Please wait in the guest hall first, come to me so late in the middle of the night......"

After sending away the concubine, Mu Qi sorted out his clothes and came to his own guest hall, where he saw Di Jiang sitting there, chatting with his companions.

"It turned out to be Brother Di, how is Zhou Yanei?" Mu Qi greeted with a smile, and then asked Zhou Quan.

For Mu Qi, this Zhou Yanei is really a strange person, even a woman like Ah Lian can't charm Zhou Yanei, although he often comes to Xuzhou, but he neither spends all day drinking, nor does he bully men and women, such a Yanei is rare.

The key is that this Zhou Yanei is arrogant, spending money like flowing water, and he never sees him frowning. Although he had only been in Xu for four months, people who knew him had a private legend that he had a cornucopia and could spit out ten ingots of gold, ten ingots of silver, and one hundred strings of copper coins every day.

"The yamen is very good, I came this time to be sent by the yaman." Di Jiang said with a smile.

Smelling a smell of wine, the three-point thought in Mu Qi's heart had turned into six, and he piled up a smile: "What do you want Zhou Yanei to order?" ”

"Didn't the bachelor last time ask my family to investigate the case, and now I have a clue, a group of thieves from Haizhou may be related to Hu Hu's death. Now this group of people is staying in the old hotel of Zeng's family in the city, and it is not easy to do things in my family's office, so I am bothered by you. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, Zhou Yanei ordered, I will never discount it, I don't know when to do it?" Mu Qi said.

"The sooner the better, preferably tonight, in case you have too many dreams at night!"

Mu Qihuo stood up: "That being the case, I ordered someone to gather people, and asked Brother Di to wait here." ”

After he finished speaking, he strode out, summoned the servants, and ordered: "You go and tell Ji Lao Wu, let him bring more people, and bring back the Haizhou guests in the old inn of the Zeng family, and try it first, quickly!" ”

He made up his mind to grab this credit, and only waited for the confession to come out, and then decided whether to hand it over to Di Jiang, but he didn't know that Di Jiang was squeezing his eyes at the two companions in the guest hall: "How is it?" ”

The two companions laughed: "Big brother really saw through this surname Mu!" ”